| Date: |
Thursday, October 22, 2015
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2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
90 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Pat Oda, Neeley Construction & Cabinet Co.
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Melody Derrick, General Contractor, Estimator and Project Manager
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Rory Woolsey, The Gordian Group
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| Category: |
AQC, Small & Emerging Webinar Series |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
This webinar will be presented from the viewpoint of a general contractor, subcontractor and professional estimating firm. It will identify how an bid can be formulated and developed into a proposal to present to a customer. The ABC Emerging Contractors Manual will be used as a reference, with all materials reviewed in detail. Additional forms will be supplied as tried and true samples to supplement those provided in the manual. The sections covered in both Webinars from the manual include: Estimating and Bidding Operations; Select Subcontractors and Suppliers; Evaluating Projects Critically; and Selecting Projects Carefully.
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| Date: |
Thursday, October 15, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
90 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Jason Bakke CPA, CCIFP, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
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| Category: |
AQC |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
This webinar will explore several options contractors may consider for long-term equipment financing and working capital lines of credit, including the related benefits, risks and limitations. We will discuss and illustrate how the company’s financial information, operating results and long-term forecasts are commonly evaluated by financing and surety underwriters. Having this understanding will help the business owner, company management and their advisors put the company in a best possible position to secure the necessary borrowing capacities.
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| Date: |
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
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| Time: |
1:00 p.m. (ET) / 12:00 p.m. (CT) / 11:00 a.m. (MT) / 10:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Taylor Sikes, Director of Product Development, American Safety Council
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| Category: |
Training and Education, AQC |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
American Safety Council, a leader nationally in web-based safety training, will discuss the key components of a Safety & Health Program, including program best practices, resources available to ABC members, and the roles and responsibilities in administering a Health & Safety Program.
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| Date: |
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
90 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Adam Bonsky, EVP of Government Markets, Fringe Benefit Group (The Contractors Plan)
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Eric Fowler, Regional VP, Fringe Benefit Group (The Contractors Plan)
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Sam Melamed, Insurance Trust CEO, ABC National
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| Category: |
Compliance, AQC |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Prevailing wage rules are complicated, and current practices are infrequently reviewed. Learning how to take proper credit for the fringe can save contractors tens and often hundreds of thousands of dollars, making your bidding more competitive and allowing business owners to set aside significantly more pre-tax retirement savings.
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| Date: |
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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| Time: |
11:00 a.m. (ET) / 10:00 a.m. (CT) / 9:00 a.m. (MT) / 8:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Nash Emrich, Consultant, Paladino and Company
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| Category: |
Training and Education |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Many new certifications are emerging, some focused on specific components of the building industry and others focused on encouraging a certain impact or result. This webinar will discuss many of these relatively new certification programs and also take an in-depth look at several of the programs gaining traction in the market – LEEDv4, WELL Building Standard, and Living Building Challenge.
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| Date: |
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Adam Bonsky, EVP of Government Markets, Fringe Benefit Group
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Karen deMontigny, Eastern Regional Vice President, Fringe Benefit Group |
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Kevin Jackson, Vice President of Marketing, Fringe Benefit Group |
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| Category: |
Training and Education |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Since 2009, over 500 ABC members have adopted The Contractors Plan, provided by the Fringe Benefit Group, to assist them with their Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage compliance and retirement plan needs. Now we've teamed up with ABC National to broaden the scope of our offering by providing a total benefits solution uniquely designed for construction contractors including a full suite of benefits with ACA compliant major medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement and HRA plans, all managed through one benefits adminstration platform.
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| Date: |
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
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| Time: |
11:00 a.m. (ET) / 10:00 a.m. (CT) / 9:00 a.m. (MT) / 8:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
James Benham, CEO, JBKnowledge, Inc.
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| Category: |
Training and Education |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
In this dynamic session on the 2015 Construction Technology Forecast, James Benham sorts through the latest trends in building technologies, identifying short-term fads and long-term game changers from mobile apps to augmented reality and drones. Mr. Benham will also discuss the statistics behind the third annual Construction Technology Report, revealing how over 1,000 construction professionals are employing and integrating technology on building projects.
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| Date: |
Thursday, October 1, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Joel C. Pickering, Senior Vice President, Lendlease PM&C Americas
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| Category: |
Business Development |
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SPONSORED BY BirdDogHR
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Jeanne C Meister, a founding partner of Future Workplace and the co-author of “The 2020 Workplace” stated , It’s important to be aware of generational tension – loosely defines as a lack of respect for someone who’s of a different generations from you – among colleagues. It’s our job to help our employees recognize that they each have distinct sets of skills and different things they bring to the table.” So let’s talk about it.
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| Date: |
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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| Time: |
1:00 p.m. (ET) / 12:00 p.m. (CT) / 11:00 a.m. (MT) / 10:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Greg Dukya, Sr. Product Specialist, On Center Software
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| Category: |
AQC, Training and Education |
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Sponsored by On Center Software
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
A recent On Center survey has found that up to 75% of contractors still rely on a dated combination of manual data collection and spreadsheets for their estimating, and this leads to costly errors. Emerging cloud based solutions for estimating and takeoff eliminate field errors by providing one safe, always accessible, always current repository for an entire project. Join us for this 45 minute session to discuss these future opportunities.
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| Date: |
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
90 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Pat Oda, Neeley Construction & Cabinet Co.
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Melody Derrick, General Contractor, Estimator and Project Manager
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James Walsh, Finishing Systems
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Rory Woolsey, The Gordian Group
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| Category: |
AQC, Small & Emerging Webinar Series |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
This webinar will be presented from the viewpoint of a general contractor, subcontractor and professional estimating firm. It will identify how an estimate can be formulated and developed into a proposal to present to a customer. The ABC Emerging Contractors Manual will be used as a reference, with all materials reviewed in detail. Additional forms will be supplied as tried and true samples to supplement those provided in the manual. The sections covered in both Webinars from the manual include: Estimating and Bidding Operations; Select Subcontractors and Suppliers; Evaluating Projects Critically; and Selecting Projects Carefully.
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| Date: |
Monday, September 28, 2015
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Watch Now |
| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Brad Hartnagle, Account Executive, Assemble Systems
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Patrick Davis, National Customer Success Manager, Assemble Systems
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| Category: |
Training and Education |
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SPONSORED BY ABC BUSINESS PARTNER - ASSEMBLE SYSTEMS
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The rise of BIM continues to revolutionize the AEC industry. However, there still remains an overarching issue for many BIM users — how to realize the promise of BIM by leveraging and disseminating crucial model data locked up in the authoring tool. With Assemble, AEC team members can easily view, analyze and share model-based building information without having to fully understand BIM authoring applications.
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| Date: |
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET)/ 1:00p.m. (CT)/ 12:00 p.m. (MT)/ 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Karen deMontigny, Regional Vice President, Fringe Benefit Group
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| Category: |
Training and Education |
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PRESENTED BY ABC'S STRATEGIC PARTNER - FRINGE BENEFIT GROUP
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Choosing the right retirement plan begins with what the company wants to accomplish. Is it a tool to recruit good employees, retain employees, increase employee retirement savings, increase owners and highly comp contributions or reducing bid costs on government work? How much responsibility/liability is the company willing to assume in the plan? We'll also look at what various plans cost the company and the employee.
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| Date: |
Thursday, September 17, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
90 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Sam Carradine, The Surety and Fidelity Association of America
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Edin Zukanovic, Construction Bonds, Inc., a Division of Murray Securus
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| Category: |
AQC |
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SPONSORED BY PROCORE
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Most contractors that fail do so after they have had some degree of success. This webinar will identify the most common reasons why contractors, especially small contractors, fail. The webinar also will provide suggestions on how to avoid these situations and the various management approaches and techniques that help ensure contractor success. The instructor will present real-world examples of contractors that have succeeded by avoiding common pitfalls.
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| Date: |
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
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| Time: |
11:00 a.m. (ET) / 10:00 a.m. (CT) / 9:00 a.m. (MT) / 8:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Matthew C. Bouchard, Partner, Lewis & Roberts, PLLC
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| Category: |
Business Development, Training and Education |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The only thing standing between you and your monthly draw is the lien waiver the party who owes you money is demanding before it will release payment. As you put pen to paper, do you know what risks you could be accepting? This webinar will help you understand those hidden risks and develop a strategy for managing them.
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| Date: |
Thursday, September 10, 2015
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| Time: |
2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Fee: |
Free |
| Speaker: |
Panel of Previous NSEA Winners
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| Category: |
Business Development, Training and Education |
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Learn how to successfully complete and submit the 2015 ABC National Safety Excellence Award application, as well as the key components necessary to compete and win the award.
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